Defendant Don Arthur Webster, Jr. recruited vulnerable adult and minor females (females who were runaways, homeless, or in low-paying jobs) and then forced them to engage in commercial sex via sham escort services he had set up. He had the woman live in housing he provided. He threatened them, took away their identification and property, and sometimes assaulted them to ensure their continued cooperation. He confiscated all the money they made and paid them with drugs. Webster was arrested in 2006 and in 2008 was convicted by a jury of sex trafficking and a number of cocaine-related charges. He was sentenced to 360 months in prison. This was the first sex trafficking trial in the District of Alaska.